While nothing as bad as that happens in "Private Lives, " in part because Mr. Gross really doesn't look his age, it's still a mistake to cast Amanda as a cougar on the loose.
Yet, in what he calls his "billion-dollar mistake, " Milchan had cut a deal with Disney to receive 12.5% of the gross (later adjusted to 7.5%), or 20% of the profit, whichever was higher.